Midterm Flashcards
Circumstantiality:
indirect delayed speech, unnecessary detail
Flight of ideas:
continuous rapid flow of speech
Neologisms
invented or distorted words
Incoherence
incomprehensible speech
Blocking
sudden interruption in mid-sentence, loss of thought
Confabulation
The spontaneous reporting of events that have never actually happened, usually as a result of neurological or psychological dysfunction. Patients with short term memory deficits from Wernicke- Korsakoff sydrome are prone to confabulation.
Perseveration
persistent repetition of words and ideas
Echolalia
repetition of words, phrases
Clanging
choosing a word on the basis of sound rather than meaning; rhyming
Obsessions
recurrent uncontrollable thoughts, ideas
Compulsions
repetitive acts that a person feels compelled to perform
Phobias
persistent irrational fears
Anxieties
apprehensions, fears, tensions
Feelings of unreality
strangeness in environment
Depersonalization
loss of self-identity
Delusions
fixed, false personal beliefs
SAD PERSONS
assessment for suicide
Sex Age Depressed Previous attempt Ethanol Rational thinking loss Social support loss Organized plan No spouse Sickness
normal ROM in TMJ is
3cm btwn upper and lower incisors
other findings for TMJ
swelling, crepitus, decreased ROM or deviation.
crepitus
a grating sound or friction between two bones
Adson’s Test
Check the radial pulse as you abduct, extend, and externally rotate the arm
Have the patient Valsalva and turn her head toward the side being tested
Adson’s test
- An absent or diminished pulse suggests
- Reproduction of peripheral neuropathy suggests
- compression of the subclavian artery.
- thoracic outlet syndrome.
Heberden’s
nodules of DIP joints
Bouchard’s
nodules of PIP joints
Finklestein’s Test
Make a fist with the thumb grasped by the fingers and deviate fist to ulnar side
Finklestein’s Test
-Severe pain is indicative of
tenosynovitis
-inflammation of a tendon often in the wrist
Carpal tunnel syndrom (CTS)
what are the tests?
- Hand symptom diagram
- Hypoalgesia (diminished ability to perceive painful stimuli applied along the palmer aspect of the index finger compared to the ipsilateral little finger)
- Weak thumb abduction (patient elevates thumb against resistance)
- Tinel’s sign (percuss lightly over the flexor retinaculum)
- Phalen’s sign (allow wrists to fall freely into maximum flexion and maintain the position for 60 seconds)
A positive for both Tinel’s and Phalen’s is a tingling sensation along the distribution of the median nerve
What are the best exams for ruling in/out Carpal Tunnel syndrome?
RULE IN: Katz hand diagram and weak thumb abduction
RULE OUT: Hypoalgesia
What are the findings in tennis elbow?
Olecranon bursitis
Pain with lifting, twisting, etc
Know how to assess ROM in shoulder
Apley’s Scratch Test
External rotation and abduction
Internal rotation and adduction
Where is the subacromial bursa?
on top of the humerus
Where is the bicipital groove?
Head of humerus, anterior
What are the tests for non-organic back pain (i.e. malingering)?
Flip test - positive with leg extended while supine, but non painful extension of leg while sitting
Hoover’s test - pt supine, one leg elevated, if this movement is difficult, the pt will push the contralateral leg toward the table for assistance in raising the leg. Therefore, lack of downward pressure from contralateral leg is a positive for malingering
Most reliable test to detect quadriceps weakness?
sit to stand test
When will pain be elicited in Kemp’s test? (rotation, extension, and lateral bending of spine)
- facet disease
- lumbar disc hernation